*Quizzes – Select the right notes on the keyboard to help Mighty Music Man move a piano, play instrument scramble, do a music word search or hangman puzzle, or test your knowledge of instrument “families.” Discover what you know about music terminology, tempos, and technology. Match composers with compositions, learn some jazz music trivia, play a game of musical “Jeopardy,” and fill in the missing notes on popular musical pieces. Test your sense of rhythm and your knowledge of music intervals, scales, and chords. You won’t believe the selection!

*Music Mazes and Puzzles to Print – Enjoy a selection of printable music-themed mazes to print out and do offline, along with all kinds of free music theory worksheets.

This is an amazing resource for music students and teachers alike, and earns a ClickSchooling Award for excellence.

This website offers an archive of FREE, legal, high-quality children’s music MP3 downloads that you can play on your computer, MP3 player, or burn to a CD for personal use. (Great for Carschooling!)

Many of the songs you’ll find on this site are from talented, independent children’s music artists. These are complete songs — not samples. As the website explains, the artists post free music downloads here to introduce you to their music with the hope that if you like what you hear, you’ll book them for a gig or buy their album.

When you get to the site you’ll see the featured tunes in the center of the screen. (Careful, this is a Google Ad supported site, and the ads are woven throughout the text. It can be a little confusing and you may wind up clicking on an ad, instead of a song for download. This is a minor inconvenience – just hit the back button to return to the home page.)

Use the menu on the right side of the page to view:

Contemporary — Use the alphabetical listing of artists to find songs by them that you want to download. Again, you may not recognize the names of these artists or bands (for example, Oren and the Hiccups) – but you’re sure to have fun getting to know them and their music. :)

ClickScholar MaryAnna recommended this website that provides FREE music resources for those who want to enrich children’s lives with an appreciation for music.

When you get to the site you’ll see three menu choices that include:

Oliver Octopus Arcade – Play two music theory arcade games and learn to identify 6 basic rhythms including the whole note, the half note, the eighth note, the dotted half note, and the dotted quarter note. Learn note names for the treble or bass clef. Set the note range that you would like to practice, and play!

Print It! – Get free printable sheet music that you can preview and listen to online. From beginner to intermediate players – you’ll find sheet music for the piano, violin, flute, recorder, trumpet and trombone. Print out an entire music songbook with music, lyrics, and guitar chords. Preview, listen to and print Off music orchestrations for classroom or homeschool coop class use. You’ll also find practice charts, worksheets, and even printable award certificates.

Music Library – THIS IS AN AMAZING RESOURCE! Access an archive of FREE music lessons on video for piano, recorder, flute, clarinet, trumpet, guitar, percussion, and bagpipe. There are even video flashcards for learning music theory! You’ll also find biographies of great composers in the baroque, classic, romantic, and modern music eras. Learn the instruments of the orchestra (woodwind, brass, string, percussion, and keyboard) with highlights about their history, how they are played, how they are made, and other fun facts. Get an “Index” of suggested music activities created just for homeschool parents. Print out music lessons that help children learn about tempo, rhythm, pitch, musical symbols, form, and much more. There’s even a “Jazz Index” with lessons and resources for learning about jazz music and great jazz musicians.

This site is a CSAW. What’s CSAW? That acronym is pronounced (see-saw) and stands for “ClickSchooling Award Winner.” It indicates (in my opinion) the very best utilization of educational technology. Bookmark this site – it’s a winner!

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Age Range: All Ages (Non-readers require adult assistance; as always, adults should preview content before sharing with children.)

This website offers a terrific, free songbook. Don’t let the lackluster look of the website deceive you – because as free online songbooks go, this one is delightfully useful for parents, teachers, and youth group leaders.

When you get to the site you’ll see a lot of introductory text. Scroll below it to the songbook menu where you’ll find an amazing variety of choices that include:

The songs, many of which were collected by the author for use with her Girl Scout group, are categorized by type as well as by first line. For example, some are “Make ’em Up” – which would be the ones that you make up as you go along, such as “Down By the Bay.” Others are activity games, such as “London Bridge is Falling Down,” which are fun to play with a group of children. Then you have “Call and Response,” wherein a person or group repeats after a caller, such as “Are You Sleeping” or “Bear in the Woods.”

Not all songs include activities, mp3’s, sheet music, or even chords, but there’s something for everyone here. Many of the songs are well-known enough that just the lyrics may suffice. The songbook is “completed,” but it has also been updated recently, and suggestions for additions/improvement are still welcomed.

Age Range: All (Younger students and non-readers will need assistance from mom or dad.)

This website offers all kinds of free music resources, lessons, and drills. When you get to the site look under “Free Tools and Resources” in the center of the screen to access:

Rhythm Gym – Get interactive practice in counting rhythm and time signatures in written music. Click on “Quarter Note Quest” or “Eighth Note Challenge” and then follow the instructions that will take you through each exercise until you gain proficiency. You’ll see a piece of music. The idea is to clap out the rhythm correctly. Once you do, you can listen to a midi file and hear it played correctly. You can also print out the music and practice on a keyboard offline. Once you’ve completed all of the exercises satisfactorily, you can print out a certificate of achievement.

Chord Wizard – This interactive guide helps you find and learn all of the chords by displaying them on a keyboard.

Scales Manual – Learn all 24 major and harmonic minor scales with the help of this tool that allows you to see them presented on keyboards.

A BIG THANK YOU goes to list member Beth for recommending today’s website. She wrote, “I thought this website was fun and easy for teaching my kids a bit about music. The lessons, so far, are simple and to the point. Great for short attention spans!”

Frankly, this is one of the BEST music theory websites I’ve seen. Developed by Ricci Adams, a young computer science engineer, this free site offers music theory lessons, trainers, and utilities that include illustrations, animations, text and sound. When you get to the site you will see a quick-load selection box with drop-down menus so that you can choose the topic you are interested in and move to it instantly. You can also use the menu bar at the top of the page that includes:

Lessons — A menu of over 30 music theory lessons. Each lesson title contains a short description. Click on it, and a new page opens with the full, interactive lesson and instructions on how to use it. Learn to read notes on the music staff, time signatures, rests, symbols that alter the duration of notes, meter, major and minor scales, chords, intervals, phrases and cadences, triads and much more!

Trainers — A menu of practice activities that help improve your ability to recognize notes on a music staff, keyboard, and guitar fret. Not only that you can improve your fingering ability for brass instruments too. Ear Training activities are featured here as well!

Utilities — Check out the Chord Calculator — just specify a key and the correct chord will appear on the keyboard. Customize and print your very own staff paper with the Staff Paper Generator. Use the Matrix Generator to create and print twelve-tone matrices.

This is a terrific website for learning and improving knowledge of music theory. This one gets the *ClickSchooling Award* for excellence in educational websites.